Chapter 72
After hearing the whole story, Frontier left the drawing room.
Aten called Philly, saying he had something to talk about. Predictably, it’s about Bartello.
When Frontier returned to the hall, the atmosphere inside was more lively. Men and women were dancing in pairs to the music.
‘To actually see a scene like this.’
Frontier admired inwardly and walked along the wall so as not to get in the way. I looked for Atzier and Ampere, but then Frontier saw something unbelievable.
‘… … Ampere.’
I couldn’t see Ampere where he was, so I looked for him, and he was dancing a waltz with Malia in the center of the hall.
The way the two looked at each other and the elegant movements matched nicely.
Frontier approached Atzi, who was standing by the wall with him.
“I’m back, brother.”
“okay. It wouldn’t have been easy to deal with the Empress. Good job.”
It wasn’t really easy. in several senses.
“… … Your father dances too.”
“It’s rare. You look good today.”
Atji said. But Frontier was a word that was difficult to nod right away.
“… … Did you?”
Ampere’s face is difficult to read in a different way from Philly. Did you feel good? With that hardened face, nothing could be found. Can you see it with Atji’s eyes?
“After you left with the Empress and His Majesty, Your Majesty called your father. The two of them even had a long conversation. I couldn’t hear it, but it must have been you.”
“… … ah.”
“I think I have cleared up the misunderstandings of the past when people pointed their fingers at them saying they were children of the devil. Your Majesty didn’t even tell you directly, you suffered at a young age.”
It was. Bartello lightly tapped Frontier in front of everyone.
The content of the words itself wasn’t great, but it must have been the greatest apology from the emperor’s point of view, directly handed to Frontier in front of many nobles.
Ampere must have felt better when he saw it and heard it.
Atjie let out a small sigh as he looked at Frontier, which he had just realized.
“What am I talking about, you are also very dull. Frontier.”
“… … It’s just like that.”
I had nothing to say.
Atji changed the topic.
“What did the Empress Dowager say?”
“… … There was no special mention, but he was very interested in the three-dimensional map.”
Frontier was not ready to speak, so the answer was a little late. But it wasn’t that strange. Originally, the superficial reason Philly sang Frontier was because of the three-dimensional map.
“A three-dimensional map.”
Atji nodded his head.
“At that time, I was surprised. Compared to the existing maps that could only show mountains, foothills, and city buildings with symbols, the three-dimensional shape itself had a greater meaning. Frontier, every time I see it, I see it again.”
Atzier praised Frontier. When Frontier looked at Atzier in amazement, an even more surprising figure emerged.
Atji closed her eyes and smiled. Then he muttered quietly with his narrowed eyes.
“I felt a little relieved.”
“… … .”
Frontier had nothing to say to him.
Atjie’s murmuring had more weight than Frontier knew.
‘… … Well then.’
I finished reporting it to Atji.
you have to do what you have to do
‘The most important thing is to find out who Ambu is.’
In fact, Frontier already knows. Because he used the ‘analysis’ skill to reveal the information that Angus had.
The problem is that analysis skills always convey information in ‘sentences’.
The person who led the mana injection plan, the man named ‘Joseph von Wexler’. Wexler is an aristocratic family in the East. The upper layer of the dark part cannot only do the work of the dark part.
Most of them are the creators of the dark club, not people raised in the dark club like Laurie.
Of course, he usually lives his own business. Which side of the stomach is the stomach is a question that cannot be questioned.
‘But I don’t know who this Joseph is.’
By analysis, we already know the true nature of the darkness.
I don’t know who the real person is. Besides, he must have been more cautious because he had invaded the place where the Dragon Heart was.
‘First of all, we need to find out through analysis of the people here.’
But it’s probably not very likely to be here. Shall we make our way to the place where the liver is sure to come out of the boat or the Empress will come out? You must have sent someone to pass the information on to you. Of course, Frontier doesn’t know anyone yet.
‘… … I can’t help it.’
Frontier calmed himself down. He slowly closed his eyes and opened his eyes again, a black pupil.
The sixth sense gained by killing Helheim’s soul mass. The range of feelings that had been closed for a while gradually expanded.
Keeping the sixth sense open all the time makes it too noisy and sensitive, making it difficult to carry out daily life, so I learned how to reduce the range when not needed. To be able to react only to the dangers and lives it poses to Frontier.
‘If he sent a subordinate to find out the empress’s trends, his appearance would definitely be different from that of ordinary people.’
Although the purpose of the dark department is to inject mana, from the point of view of the present, that is a thing of the past.
Since the tail has already been trampled on, it is difficult to determine what Ambu is thinking right now.
Either they force the mana injection because they believe they won’t be found out, or they worry about their own safety and step into this plan.
Frontier saw the latter as more likely. Since the existence of the dark part is not revealed to the world in the first place, it may be removed altogether at once by Philly’s command.
He wants to eliminate the minimum number of people because Philly thinks the dark part is still needed.
‘So today, you’ll probably be paying attention to Filina Barthello’s words. There is a possibility that the wiretapping was done using magic or tactics.’
When Frontier was trying to find the wiretapping line through mana detection.
“… … what.”
On the contrary, Frontier felt displeased that something entirely different was caught in his sixth sense.
He raised his head and looked at Bartello. He sat in the chair, still tired and tired.
He seemed to be suffering from the chronic mana shortage that Philly was talking about.
‘Nope. That’s weird.’
Even Frontier thought so at first. Bartello said it was difficult because he was just old and exhausted. Since the original game was like that, I think it will be the same as the current emperor.
However, Barthello’s mana that Frontier was feeling right now was too fast to consume that mana to simply say he was old.
‘Is this a change in the world, or was Bartello in that state when he was playing the game?’
It was always planned for Bartello to take over the throne quickly in the game.
The players didn’t really think about it. Bartello will step down, but he will not die. I thought it was just because I was old.
But now, Frontier’s sixth sense is telling. You can’t become like that just by getting old.
‘Someone deliberately weakened Bartello quickly.’
Bartello was not deprived of mana right now. just losing It’s hard to call it a disease, but it’s the power to make the opponent weak.
──Curse.
“… … older brother.”
Frontier called Atzier. Someone needs to be informed of this anomaly. Even to someone whom Frontier can trust.
However, since it is impossible to tell the whole story, Frontier softened the expression a little.
“Your Majesty looks very tired.”
As a result, Atzier’s gaze fell on Bartello. His sharp eyes glanced at Barthello for a moment, and his brow narrowed. It was as if an unpleasant memory had come to mind.
“… … I see Like,”
The next words were unexpected for Frontier.
“It’s like seeing the old you.”
“… … Yes?”
“You, in the past, who couldn’t overcome laziness and trouble and slept all day.”
Frontier thought Atzier was joking. To compare the appearance of the emperor to the laziness of the former Frontier, no matter how joking it is, it requires tremendous courage.
However, Atjie’s expression wasn’t a joke at all. Rather, he said something more as if he had realized something by looking at Bartello’s face, and as if he was displeased with it.
“Frondier, I didn’t tell you, but your father has told you something has intervened in you before.”
“… … intervened? to me?”
“okay. literally something. I don’t know if it’s a god or a demon, but it’s not normal to dismiss your laziness as just your personality.”
However, neither Atgi nor Ampere did not dare to talk about it.
There was no certainty that something had intervened, and there was nothing good for them, gods or demons.
If God intervened, it would be blasphemy, and discussing the intervention of the devil would defile the family and the whole family in the name of the devil.
It goes without saying that the image of the family has fallen to the ground.
“It’s like seeing what it was like back then.”
Frontier swallowed his surprised heart at Atzier’s words and looked at Bartello again.
Could it be that the state of Bartello now was that of the Frontier in the past? I thought it was a curse, but if it was a curse from a god or the devil.
What does he want from Bartello?
Before that, what did you want from Frontier?
‘It’s obvious what you wanted from Frontier. Any player who has played the game will know.’
Whether it’s a god or a demon, even if we don’t know who it is, if he’s the one who put the same curse on Barthello and Frontier.
All players of Etius know what happened to Frontier.
Frontier de Roach just quietly disappeared.
It didn’t die or disappear, it literally lost everyone’s attention and went away from memory.
From the player’s point of view, he’s a character that’s not at all great in this game, and from the world’s point of view, he’s become an ordinary person who is completely useless, leaving his family and living a normal life somewhere in the corner.
Death attracts people’s attention, and its disappearance remains an eternal mystery.
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Neither could allow it, so he wanted Frontier to literally leave the stage. to not even have any interest. Like a wild flower that withers without anyone noticing it.‘Are you going to do the same to Bartello?’
When Frontier swallowed his saliva.
His sixth sense sounded another alarm.
This time, a more clear sense, the sense that Frontier’s sixth sense first reported to Frontier.
‘live’.
Frontier kicked the ground as soon as he felt it. With one leap, the auror was put on, and he got close to Bartello’s at once.
shhh-
The short sword that Frontier pulled out brushed against Barthello’s face,
Aww!
The sword struck the claw of something and made a violent metallic sound.
Before that, he blocked the claw of something that was trying to break through Bartello.
“Ahhh!”
“Heh, heh heh!”
The dancing nobles screamed and frightened at the strange sight.
Bartello was surprised while sitting in a chair, and the people around Bartello who were messed up by Frontier’s leap, and people who stiffened in surprise.
squeak, squeak-
Frontier’s shortsword and its claws clashed and make a sound. For a moment in the great silence, only that sound heightened the tension in the hall.
Everyone’s frozen eyes gather to the frontier,
Frontier confirmed the shape of the man who was blocking it with his sword.
‘What is this guy?’
Something that struck Bartello was not human. It wasn’t even an animal. To put it bluntly, it must be a monster, but I can’t be sure.
Frontier had never seen a guy like this in so many plays.
The guy was transparent. No, it was a little muddy. In addition, it was as soft as liquid, and had a sloppy body and limbs that barely mimic a human.
However, the hand that tried to cut through Bartello became sharp and hard.
To put it bluntly, konjac was clumsy in mimicking humans.
And then the clumsy head faltered and shuffled to and fro,
“Bee.”
“… … !”
After creating a human face, he opened his mouth as he looked at Frontier. I didn’t know if I was laughing or crying.
‘What is this… … !’
He is not the character of the dark side. It’s not the god or the devil you’ve just guessed.
Unexpectedly, literally ‘something’ broke in.
As the final stage of breaking the mana injection plan, I thought it would be over if I cleared the dark part.
Frontier had an intuition that a complex war, of which he himself was not aware, was going on under the water.
A gigantic wagon was rolling in, unable to see the whole with one eye.